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The threat of tourism : challenge to the church /

By: O'Grady, Ron.
Series: Risk book series ; no. 113.Publisher: Geneva : WCC Publications, c2006Description: 97 p. ; 21 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9782825414811 (pbk.); 9782825414811:.Subject(s): Tourism -- Moral and ethical aspects | Tourism -- Environmental aspects | Tourism -- Developing countries | Tourism -- Religious aspects -- Christianity | ChurchesDDC classification: 338.4791
Contents:
Behold the tourist -- Mass tourism takes off -- The impact of tourism -- A tourism which is ecologically responsible -- A tourism which is socially acceptable -- A tourism which is economically just and viable -- The great tsunami and tourism -- Tourism and the church -- Towards the future -- Bon voyage.
Summary: Looks behind the advertising of exotic locations, highlighting a number of issues: tourism's contribution to ecological damage, forced changes in cultures, violation of human rights, and the growth of the global sex industry. This work reflects on principles of a moral approach to tourism.
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Standard Loan Standard Loan ATU Sligo Yeats Library Main Lending Collection 338.4791 OGR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Lost Checked out 27/02/2023 0073982
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [96]-97).

Behold the tourist -- Mass tourism takes off -- The impact of tourism -- A tourism which is ecologically responsible -- A tourism which is socially acceptable -- A tourism which is economically just and viable -- The great tsunami and tourism -- Tourism and the church -- Towards the future -- Bon voyage.

Looks behind the advertising of exotic locations, highlighting a number of issues: tourism's contribution to ecological damage, forced changes in cultures, violation of human rights, and the growth of the global sex industry. This work reflects on principles of a moral approach to tourism.

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